Tailor&#39;s measuring apparatus.



No. 826,651. PATENTEDJULY24,1906.

' L. DBLIA.

TAILORS MEASURING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN; 24, 1906].

-Z l' l-A' Br ATTORNEY l UNITED STATES IPATENT oEEioE.

Specification of Le-,ters` Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Application iiled January 24, 1906. Serial No. 297.588.

n To all whom it may concern:

'Improvements in Tailors' Measuring Be it known that I, LouisA DELIA, a citiv zen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Apparatus, of which the following is a spec' cation, reference being had therein to the accompanyin drawings, in whichigure 1 is a perspective view of ameasuring apparatus embodying my invention and showing a man in measuring position on the platform of the same. Fig.. 2 is a cross-sectional view ofthe base portion of the device, and Figs. 3, 4, vand 5 are detail perspective v1ews.

This invention relates to apparatus employed in tailoring establishments for measuring a persons form for cuttin garments;

and its object is the provision o such appav ratus wherewith the measurements may be eater accuracy and despatch than' had with by any ot er devices known to me.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as will be' hereinafter described,

and particularly pointed out in the appended n claims.

l Referring to the drawings, the numeral 150;

designates the platform u on which a person stands when being weig ed. and measured and is desirably provided with a downwardlyextending marginal flange 11. 12is a'baseplate havinga lmarginal upwardly-extendin iian e 13, w ch interiits with that of the sai plat orm. The base-plate is rotatably mounted upon a floor-plate 14 by means ofcasters 15 l and an axial in 16, whereby vthe superpos'e'd" parts, including the person being operated on, may bel conveniently turned in an desired direction. Positioned within theo amber 17 between the said base and platform are scale-levers 18 and Y19, respectively fuleumed at 18 and 19 to trunnions provided 45 on the side of the cylinder 20. The lever 18 is connected from one end to lugs 21 of the base-plate by an extensible spring 22 and lfrom its other end by a link 23 with the lever 19. This lever 19 is ivotally connected tol thesaid platform by u s 24, disposed vupon the opposite sideof the lcrum from its connection with the link 23, and the arm to which the latter isconnected is extended and connected toa rod 25, extending vertically into a chambered ost 26, attachedto the plat-` form preferab y andhaving at its rear side a lplatform. 5j, For rexam le, t forty inches woul indicate that it is situdevice for. ascertaining the height of the plartslot 26. The upper end of the rod is bent and protruded outwardly through the said slot and carries across-bar 27, which is moved upwardly against the action of the spring 22 to register with scales 28 upon the face of the post at each side of the aforesaid slot and indicate the weight of the person supported upon the latform. In practice the scale need only e adapted for registering weights in excess of one hundred pounds, and one of the scales upon the post would be desi ated in ounds and the aliquot parts t ereof, whi eY the other scale would be accordin to the metric systems. Secured to the at- .form is a pendent plunger 29, which males a tight sliding iit within the said cylinder, and in the base-plate 12 is an aperture or leakhole 30, through which the admission and discharge of the air from the interior of the cylinder are retarded for the purpose of prefing in theirupper extremities sockets 31 for the reception of the lower ends of the le s 32 32 `of the standard 33, which is desirab y of an inverted-U shape, as shown in Fig. 1, and ,forms the'framework upon which the followin :described measuring devices are adjustabIy lsup o'rtedY The egs` of the standard are inscri ed with graduations of lineal measurements taken .from the upper surface of the e mark represent ated'at a corresponding elevation from the said platform,v and so on'. The measuring ingxof the legs of a person consists of a orizontal bar 34, which` is slidable in a sleeve 35 vof a transverse arm 36, provided with another sleeve 37, which is slidable vertically upon the frame-leg 32. The upper edge of the bar 34 is., disposed in the same horizontal plane with the top edge of the sleeve 37 and consequently the measurement registered upon the scale of said leg will denote the height of a persons crotch from the latform when the bar is raised to press snug y thereagainst. While a measurement taken in IOO this way is accurate, an alternate or su plemental means is provided to accomplis the same end to have the process conform more closely to processes now in vogue. Such alternate means consists of a tape-measure 38,

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(see Fig. 5,). which is slidably connected with f the said bar, as by a pair of pendent clips 39, having a securing-pin 39 passing through a -longitudinalslot 34 ofthe bar, and the scalemarkings ofthe tape are laid off freni the upper edge of the bar. Consequently the Ineasurements for the inseam of -a pair of trousers would in this instance be taken downwardly.

Inwardly-directed tapering iingers 40 are slidably and independently connected to the said frame-legs .by sleeves 41, and hinged to` gers being out or in line, as t e'case maybe,

an important consideration to know when designing a coat. The upright arms 45 are for etting the thickness-of the respective sho ders andwhich will be indicated from the scale-markings provided upon the arms 44 when the former are moved against the person being measured when standing in the position represented in Fig. 1. Pivotally attached to each of the arms 45 is a tapemeasure 47 'for taking the girth of the shoul-.f der and various other measurements, which can be had from this point and understoodin .the art.

'48 is a cross-bar having sleeves 49 in proximity of Iits ends, which are slidable vertlcally' upon the frame-legs. Pivotally connected to this bar by a bolt 50 is a limb 51, adapted to swing horizontally and having its under edge in the same plane with the upper edge of the bar-sleeves 49 in order that when the limb rests upon the head of the erson being measured his extreme height wi be precisely determined by the registration of either of the sleeves 49 with the scale-markings upon the frame. Projecting forwardly from a dependent piece 52 of the bar 48 and slidable therein is a bar 53, to the front end of which is a tape-measure 54.

The aforesaid movable parts are provided lwith meanssuch as screws 56, butterfly-.nuts 54, or springs 55-for adjustably maintainin them in various set positions.

operating the invention the person to be measured stands upon the platform 10 and his weight and height taken, as before described, and which data are essential to the proper proportionin and-fitting. of the garments and, in fact, t ough the knowledge of vwhich many of the dimensions may be taken therefrom instead of directly from the subject. For example, a man weighing one hundred and forty pounds and of a height of five feet eight inches would ordinarily have f a breast measurement; of thirtysix inches, with an increase lor reductlon of one inch, respectively, for an additionalfor correspond. This is "accomplished, as already explained, by the arms 42 and having set the upright arms 45 against thefront of the v shoulder-blades the thereat and the length of the arm may be found with the tape 47. The bar 48 is then moved downwardly to present the front end of the bar 53 against the collar-bone at A, from whence, with the tape-measure' 54 the girth of the arms l dip of the scye B and the lengths of the v waist and coat are taken. v The bar 48 is then shifted to bring the bar 5B tov C, inten mediate A and B,l and wherefrom the width of the back and the distance from the middle of the latter and the outer ends of the sleeves f are made. Now move the bar being employed to the point B, from' where the blade and other measurements are taken with'the tapefmeasure in question. After taking the measurements already specified the girth of the lwaist and 'hip can be succes.- sively found by manipulating the-a pliances just 'referred to. The-girths att e thigh, knee, &c`., can be determined with thev first# mentioned tape-measure at various elevations. The arms 44 may now be lowered to bear' against the hi s of the person being measured, and ifsit is foundthat the-fingers 40 then lie in the same horizontalplane the roo hips will be of equal height, and with the tapemeasure 47 of either side maybe utilised for measuring downwardl upon the corresponds ing leg to get the dept s on the outside seam of the pantsfor its'entire Vlength and also tog.

the knee, and which measurements willan I swer for the o posite leg of the trol'lsers.-A l

Should the heig ts, however, of the said iingers not correspond,v then the measurements or each pants leg will obviously have to be taken separately. j f With this invention all .of the measure ments required by a tailor can beaccurately lio taken and 'in a most convenientand expeditious manner.l

Having described my invention, what `I i claim as new, and desire to'secure'by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a standard consistin of a pair of legs, a sleeve mounted on each eg, an inwardly-extending finger con-v -nected to each sleeve, said fingers having each leg, each of said sleeves having inwardlyextending parts located adjacent one another, arms adjustably carried by said sleeves, and members adjustably carried by the arms and having tape-measures secured thereto and movable therewith.

3. In combination with a standard consisting of a pair of legs, a cross-bar having sleeves receiving said legs, a .limb pivoted on the cross-bar at the upper part thereof, a member dependent fromsaid cross-bar, and a bar connected to said member and carrying a tape-measure.

4. In combination with a standard consisting of a pair of legs, a cross-bar having sleeved ends receiving said legs,a horizontal limb pivoted on the top of the cross-bar central thereof, a member dependent from said cross-bar, a bar extending through the lower portion of said member and adjustably secured thereto, and a tape-measue secured at the front end of said bar.

In testimony whereof I aliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS DELIA. Witnesses:

PIERRE BARNES, F. B. FLANDERS. 

